Maleficia propositis distinguuntur - "Evil acts are distinguished from (evil) purposes" or "crimes are distinguished by evil intent." Evil acts are distinguished from evil purposes[4] crimes are distinguished by the intention[5]⏎
Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans - "No one can be heard, who invokes his own guilt." Nobody can bring a case that stems from their own illegal act.⏎
Lex specialis derogat legi generali - "A law governing a specific subject matter overrides a law which only governs general matters."⏎
Jura novit curia - "The court knows the law." Concept that parties to a case do not need to define how the law applies to their case. The court is solely responsible for determining what laws apply.⏎
Nemo ius ignoratur censetur - "Not knowing the law is harmful." Everyone should know the law. This is used in European Law-countries with a history of Roman law, the 'sentence' was first made by Aristotle.⏎